French media firm likely to use internet exchangeable, say bankers

The equity-linked market is predicting another exchangeable bond deal tied to a European internet stock as French media group Lagardère prepares to offload its stake in T-Online, Europe's largest internet service provider.

&quotWith internet stocks as volatile as they are, it would make strong strategic sense for them to use a defensive measure such as an exchangeable to dispose of their stake,&quot said one senior European equity-linked banker.

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